e30 build

[Dutchy]

Super legit pic by deathlens as always. Can't wait till I can get some finished shots of the engine bay/engine.

Update

No pics as of right now, but the bottom end is completely assembled, checked the cranksaft/bearings out, piston ring gaps, crank end play, and everything was super tight, like new specs. So together it all went, new OEM rings, new ACL race main and rod bearings, and new OEM thrust washers. Tomorrow I'll put the cylinder head on, install the arp's, then the cam's and rocker's, then finally time it etc.

Goal is to have the bay done shortly, spray it, and have the engine running this weekend, but we'll see how it goes.

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[Dutchy]

What are you running for a rear end? stock lsd?

The car was originally a auto 325is that comes with a 4:10 lsd, which is what im running.

just popping in to say that i love this.

Thanks

[Francois Dillinger]

just popping in to say that i love this.

[EuroNut]

What are you running for a rear end? stock lsd?

[Dutchy]

lol, Gill brought his RS by? nice. I will stop by today, progress is moving along, good stuff Steve!

Yeah man, peeled the tires and split them for him.

[.Mad Hatter.]

lol, Gill brought his RS by? nice. I will stop by today, progress is moving along, good stuff Steve!

[Dutchy]

oh snap, I hadn't seen the valve cover completely done...looks doooooope

Thanks broski, come by tomorrow, finishing up the welding in the bay then prep prep prep.

It's pretty dumped too, made some coils today.

this is an interesting build, cant wait to see it finished!

Thanks, I can't wait either

Update

So since I wanted to roll the car across the parking lot to my buddie's exhaust shop so he can help me weld up the engine bay (use a gasless flux core sucks ass) I had to make some suspension for the car to roll on. Obviously even something temporary still had to be low.

Checking to make sure the tires wont rub after I welded the perches on.




Low low





reverse rake is ghey, but it should come down with the engine/trans/intercooler setup/ and body panels. If it's two high I have 5 inch springs to swap in instead of the 6 inch that are in there.

fitting a buddies 16x9 rs with a 255 on it, a little bit meaty :P




I'm hoping to have the welding in the bay finished tomorrow and lay down the primer. But we'll see what happens, I really want to be ready to have the engine in by the end of the weekend, but may be wishful thinking.

[dc5erm]

this is an interesting build, cant wait to see it finished!

[.Mad Hatter.]

oh snap, I hadn't seen the valve cover completely done...looks doooooope

[Dutchy]

I heard this car is going to be slow

Don't be jelly bro

Another update,

Took some more pic's of parts/mods/new stuff I have for the car:

Isis SS 3" turbo elbow


Isis SS equal length bottom mount with stock t25 and lines etc:


Fresh control arms with offset bushings:


Box's of parts (bushings, brakes etc)


Brake rotors and innovate wideband



Finished dissembling and cleaning the engine out, and installed the "new" rods on the original pistons, along with plasti gauging the bearings and putting the crank in for good, tomorrow I'll install the piston rings, put them in the engine, and put the head etc on.

"new" rods, "new" crank and some other parts


Heating up the piston/rod to slide the wrist pin out:


Heating new rod and old piston to reassemble:


Cleaned block with main bearing halves set in for plasti gauge


The valve cover after shaving the Nissan logo, paint, clear, Bings coilpack cover and HKS oil cap:



My buddy Matt at Gt exhaust accross the parking lot hooked me up and tig welded the flange I made for the apex'i BOV on, along with welding shut the old bung hole on the hot side

heres a shot of the piping welded up with the bov



More to come

[EuroNut]

Sorry to hear about your misfortunes, but stoked to see the rebuild...can't wait for h20i

[.Mad Hatter.]

I heard this car is going to be slow

[Dutchy]

So another update out of the blue haha.

Story behind this one.

I dailyed the e30 for about a month, had a few problems due to po's neglect of the engine and trans, but got it sorted until the engine spun a bearing. So being frustrated, moving, and changing jobs I left the car alone for a while, saved some money etc.

Well now I have be working my ass off, ordering/buying parts and doing work on the car, along with the help of good friends. Seem to be at the shop more then home these days.

So far I have ordered/bought:

Suspension:
OEM offset control arm bushings
OEM control arms
OEM tie rods inner/outer e36
used e36 steering rack
OEM sway bar links front and rear
OEM sway bar bushings front and rear
OEM sway bar brackets front and rear
OEM rear subframe mounts
OEM differential mount
OEM trailing arm bushings

Brakes

SS gel coated brake lines
Caliper rebuild kits/ rust free calipers
TRW Brake pads front and rear
OEM ebrake spring kit
TRW ebrake shoes
Brake rotors front and rear
New hardlines here and there

Engine

Nissan piston ring set
Nissan engine gasket set
ACL race rod bearing set
ACL race main bearing set
HKS oil filler cap
Nissan dipstick
Nissan thrust washers
Used oem crank
Used oem connecting rods
Nissan water pump
Nissan tstat
Nissan oil pickup
ARP head stud kit
Apex'i bov
Hallman pro boost controller

Engine bay:

OEM m3 engine covers for firewall





I've made a bunch of progress in everything, but haven't been able to finish anything due to parts hold up's

So far I've stripped the engine bay of seam sealer, cut some holes, and welded some fresh metal in to get rid of dents/holes. Hopefully priming the bay tomorrow, fixing anything I missed and spraying the bay this week.



donor metal


starting to weld it in ( gasless welder FTL)




I've Stripped, reinforced, and rust painted the front subframe, stripped the steering rack and swap bar and painted those too. Installed the tie rods, Installed, the control arms with the new offset bushings pressed in, so all of that is waiting to get put on, once the bay is painted.



The engine has been disassembled and cleaned, along with painting all the parts ( some I will do once the block is assembled), I got my engine parts in the mail today, so tomorrow I will begin assembling the engine fully. I've picked colour for the bay and valvecover, which is sparkly red, because, who doesnt like sparkly red right? Turned out awesome on the valve cover so I'm excited to see how the bay will turn out.








and with clear


I was planning on ordering some custom shortened BC coils, but I'm not sure if I will go through with that for now. I do already have eibach race springs, adjusters, and top hats, so all I'd need is some shocks and camber plates. I will probably weld up a temporary coilover until I decide what to do.

A buddies car I got distracted away from the e30 with, he run's www.Scrapedcrusaders.com, check it out



Someone had hit him and dented both his driver side doors along with the rear quarter, so we scuffed some dent free doors and threw them on, not bad for tremclad ( Doors are not aligned)

Will have some more updates soon, aiming to have the bay done, engine in, and front suspension in for next week, we'll see how well it goes. Still have a few friends cars to work on inbetween too. If parts co-operate I want to have all the suspension, brakes and everything fresh by the end of the month.

[Dutchy]

I like this! Funny swap you've done.

I also think your bronze painted porsche's fits the red paint nicely. Rare but cool combo.

Thanks,

yeah I figured I'd give myself a challenge, but it turned out to be pretty simple all said and done.

Thanks, planning on continuing the colour combo into the engine bay. Car will be on hold for a while as life has become hectic as of late, but hopefully I can come back better then ever sooner then later.